Nominations for the 22nd Annual Spirit of the Entrepreneur Awards are now open. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 16.
Raymond Watts comes to Cal State San Bernardino after most recently serving as associate vice president for development at Claremont McKenna College.
Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) discussed the reaction of right-wing extremists to the guilty verdict against Donald Trump, Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies) has published a book on the Grand Canyon, and Nicholas Moon (psychology) coauthored a paper on inclusive leadership.
Cal-SOAP (California Student Opportunity and Access Program) partnered with the CSUSB Anthropology Museum to bring over 1,000 elementary, middle and high school students to campus and experience the yearlong exhibit, “Afróntalo.” The exhibit highlights the experiences of four communities in Mexico and 21 Californians, exploring the rich histories, cultures and identities of Afrolatine people.
CSUSB alumna Leticia Herrera ’19, ’22, a passionate advocate for immigrant rights and educational equity, was honored to have her graduation cap and stole featured in the Molina Family Latino Gallery’s inaugural exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
CSUSB graduate students Tatiana Jackson and Miranda Lee have been selected for the prestigious 2024 PledgeLA VC Fellowship cohort. This Los Angeles-based fellowship promoted diversity and inclusion within the venture capital ecosystem.
Kate Liszka, the Benson and Pamela Harer Fellow in Egyptology and professor of history, is the recipient of the RSM Archaeological Field Research Grant from the American Research Center in Egypt with USAID funding.
The national application process for CSUSB’s forthcoming Master of Science in Physician Assistant is now open and runs through Dec. 1. Pending successful accreditation, the first cohort is currently set to be welcomed in August 2025 to begin studying in state-of-the-art facilities on the San Bernardino campus.
On May 24, a grand opening ceremony took place in Temecula for The Tech Steam Center, the second technology education center opened by Kids That Code Inc., which is spearheaded by CSUSB MBA alumni and entrepreneurs, Jose Navarrete Cruz and Alfonso Anaya, Jr.
Set for June 13-14, the Juneteenth Symposium is designed to elevate the celebration and recognition of African American history and achievements while promoting and sustaining the anti-racism work underway across the CSU’s 23 campuses.
Cal State San Bernardino will host the annual Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research on Nov. 23. The conference showcases the outstanding scholarship, creative work and research of students from universities across Southern California.
Yolonda Youngs (geography and environmental studies) was a guest on the Nature Revisited podcast, Stuart Sumida (biology) was interviewed by about how research is affected when fossils are auctioned to private parties and spoke at the Game School Expo in Norway, and Brian Levin (criminal justice, emeritus) commented on the arrest of a man suspected of attacking a pro-Palestinian protest camp at UCLA.